I recently went along to an open day at the Cold War Jets museum in Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, UK. The museum has a collection of non-flying ex-military jets that were in service from the 50’s to the present day, and during the open day they run as many as possible up the runway. The standing start […]
… if you are lucky you will find English bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta). These plants are a feature of UK woods at this time of year, and they are a spectacular sight – and smell. I’m lucky enough to have access to a friend’s private bluebell wood, and went along yesterday with a heavy camera bag […]
At a recent “The Creative Eye” photography course that I ran for the Royal Photographic Society in Bath, we talked about useful photographic accessories. One suggestion that surprised some delegates was a plastic sheet about 6 feet by 3 feet. What on earth would you want that for? Well, it’s really useful for when you […]
Many modern compact cameras try and reduce a major cause of low quality images; camera shake. They do this by increasing the ISO, to give a short shutter speed, and using image stabilisation. This is OK for most images, but it takes away a technique for creative photography; long shutter speeds. Using long shutter speeds […]
One subject that often comes up when I am doing talks or training is about zooming. It’s generally when we’re talking about getting closer to the subject. People say, “Surely if I need to get closer I can just zoom in”. By “zoom” they normally mean using a telephoto lens, or local focal length, to […]
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